10/7-14/2012 Jamborini Meet for Food & Wine. Everyone is Welcome!

Laura, I am sure you are safe at Ft Bragg. I love that base...course it could be because my DH was stationed there. But I love the size of it and all the history of the Special Forces. Hope you have a good week with great weather.

It is a decent bubbly... can be used for so many thing besides just drinking! Added to sangria instead of club soda, etc.

What a great idea Elin. Why didn't I ever thing of that on my own. Oh yes, because DH does not care for Champagne. I would end up drinking the bottle by myself. Hmm Can we add a Sangria meet to our plans?

And... the Grand Marnier thingy is loads of fun. And loads of alcohol! I wasn't sure Laura and I were going to be able to walk out of Bistro in a straight line.

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Ok, DH and myself are on for this one. I love me some Grand Marnier! We always order Cadillac margarita's when we go out for mexican. it would be so much fun going together if possible.

Thanks! It was a terribly long day. Delayed for hours at ATL - they shut the airport for several hours during the height of the storms. We finally took off at 5:15 and had a very bumpy ride. Let me put it this way, there were many of us praying (even some frequent travelers on that route).

Laura, I am sure you are safe at Ft Bragg. I love that base...course it could be because my DH was stationed there. But I love the size of it and all the history of the Special Forces. Hope you have a good week with great weather.

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I'll get my first look at Ft Bragg tomorrow afternoon. The long days start Monday.

Question for all my friends - if you've rented DVC points in the past where have you rented them from? I'm leaning towards David's Rentals simply because it seems to be a bit more trustworthy. We're thinking about renting in October and I have friends who are new to WDW thinking about renting points, but wondered if I should point them anywhere else.

Question for all my friends - if you've rented DVC points in the past where have you rented them from? I'm leaning towards David's Rentals simply because it seems to be a bit more trustworthy. We're thinking about renting in October and I have friends who are new to WDW thinking about renting points, but wondered if I should point them anywhere else.

Thanks all!

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when I have rented them out, I have done it thru the DIS there is a section on the DVC portion.

Question for all my friends - if you've rented DVC points in the past where have you rented them from? I'm leaning towards David's Rentals simply because it seems to be a bit more trustworthy. We're thinking about renting in October and I have friends who are new to WDW thinking about renting points, but wondered if I should point them anywhere else.

Thanks all!

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Great question, I would also be interested in suggestions and how things worked with companies like David's. That may be the way to go for our family size and September/October trip. Thank you for asking TyRy.

Question for all my friends - if you've rented DVC points in the past where have you rented them from? I'm leaning towards David's Rentals simply because it seems to be a bit more trustworthy. We're thinking about renting in October and I have friends who are new to WDW thinking about renting points, but wondered if I should point them anywhere else.

Thanks all!

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When I added on my two contracts last Winter, I thought that I would be renting out my extra points...however in my case I am finding out that there is no such thing as extra points.

Ok I am behind again, does that mean I am an ***....never mind, dont answer.. What kind of surgery is Bob having Elin?? SO sorry I missed this, I will go back and find out...

Everyone else, happy Monday, hope everyone is having a good day...Cant believe how quick January has seemed to by, normally it seems like it drags on forever...! Bob and Ava come back from SF today, there for weekend visiiting his sis and family...it was a quiet weekend

Had a day at home (rarely happens) spent it surfing Disney and getting things in order to book our October trip. Now just waiting to hear about DSIL's vacation time for October. It is difficult to commit this far out for him and his business so we may just go with it and hope for the best. Going to give it another few days.

Ft Bragg is a totally different environment than Ft Carson. We are spending 12+ hrs a day in a large "gymnasium" (actually more of a warehouse) - on a concrete floor. By the end of the evening, I have concrete dust all the way up to my knees!!!

I hope everyone is having a great week! I have some free time Saturday, so if I'm not asleep from total exhaustion, I hope to catch up on the Boards!

Elin, I'm so happy to hear the news about Bob! I'm sure you are both glad that's over with!

(yes, most of the time I am standing on the concrete floor! TGIF!! )

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We had a follow-up appointment yesterday afternoon and the surgeon is delighted. Bob's eyesight without correction in his left eye is now 20/30! He will need new glasses but we popped the lens out of his current pair this morning. I had to put it back in because the lack of the rest of his progressive prescription made him dizzy. We can have an exam done in about a month to five weeks. It worked!

Getting ready to head to another Army base for a week: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, WA. I leave Saturday morning.

I have the feeling I will arrive there a real cranky-pants after 5-1/2 hours in a middle seat on a 757! I've been trying for 2 weeks to get a different seat - Delta says "no"!!

I thought I was going to be able to get to WDW later this month, when Diana is there for the Princess Half. Had just made my reservations a couple days ago when I learned I'll be going to Fort Drum, NY instead. My consolation is that the work we are doing is very important, so I guess I can put my WDW trips aside for awhile.

The 7-month mark for my room reservation is March 7th. Right now I'm at SSR. I'm not sure if I should try for BCV, BWV, AKV or just stick with the Studio I've got. I wouldn't mind a DTD view from Congress Park! I'll be at Swan 10/12-14; I'm not going to change that!

Laura! Thanks for posting something on here. Fort Drum... near Rochester! You might get to see some winter! Oh, wait... I guess you had enough of that in CO, right??

I am sorry you won't be able to meet Diana at WDW later this month. I know you were looking forward to it. I hope the satisfaction of a job well done helps soften the loss of another trip.

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February and WDW just weren't in the cards for me this year! Two trips planned; two canceled! October and December will make up for it though!

Leaving Saturday for Tacoma -- forecast shows showers every day we're there. Won't matter much to me since I'll be indoors before sun-up and long after sunset!

Drinking to the End of the World: I just booked a studio at SSR for 12/21-26. Rachel and Blake are planning to join us for Christmas so we will let them take the studio. I think I'm going to use 40,000 SPG points and book those 5 nights at Swan for JD, Tori & I. It would be nice to stay in a villa with a kitchen and washer/dryer, but who am I kidding? I won't be cooking and I can live 5 or 6 days without doing laundry!!